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Now that we have loaded the XML file, we can do a trace to see what has been loaded.

trace(_xml);

Using the * ( asterisk ) or .children() method we can list all the children of a node.

trace(_xml.*);

Or

trace(_xml.children() );

You will notice that the root node is gone that's because we are listing its children.

We can select a certain selection of nodes.

trace(_xml.song);

This will display the following data:

rock.mp3 jazz.mp3

If we need to retrieve the value of a specific node we can use square bracket operator and a number indicating the position of the child in the XML file.

trace(_xml.song[0]);

This will display the following data:

rock.mp3

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